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Shows that feel like Though I Am an Inept Villainess (2026–)

If you loved Though I Am an Inept Villainess, the closest series we have are Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018), My Holo Love (2020) and The King: Eternal Monarch (2020). All three share Though I Am an Inept Villainess' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Just as His Highness’s favored butterfly Reirin is beloved by the prince, jealous “court sewer rat” Keigetsu uses magic to swap their bodies—and their destinies. With a looming execution, Reirin embraces her new, healthy body, while Keigetsu learns Reirin’s life isn’t what it seems as she’s pulled into an inner-court conspiracy.

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If Though I Am an Inept Villainess hit the spot, these will too

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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2018–2025 · 2 seasons · Gunma TV
8animation · comedy · drama

Common ground in both: romance and anime

The difference: Lighter on ideas

Puberty Syndrome—a rumored, mysterious syndrome that only affects those in their puberty. For example, a bunny girl suddenly appeared in front of Sakuta Azusagawa. The bunny girl's real identity is Mai Sakurajima, a teenage celebrity who is currently an inactive high school senior. For some reason, her charming figure does not reflect in the eyes of others. In the course of revealing the mystery behind this phenomenon, Sakuta begins to explore his feelings towards Mai. Set in a city where the skies and seas shine, Sakuta unfolds the meaning behind his bizarre encounters on women with the said syndrome.

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My Holo Love
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Common ground: romance

Unexpected love finds a lonely woman when she forms a connection with a humanlike hologram who looks exactly like his prickly creator.

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The King: Eternal Monarch
2020 · 1 season · SBS
8.1sci-fi & fantasy · drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then ideas

Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.

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Off Campus
2026– · 1 season · Prime Video
7.9drama

Drama built on romance, twice over

The difference: Not nearly as cerebral

Hannah Wells tutors hockey captain Garrett Graham to win over her crush. Their deal becomes real connection as they face their pasts. Friends Logan, Dean, Tucker, and Allie navigate college life and love.

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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
2021– · 3 seasons · Tokyo MX
8.2action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: anime

The difference: Leans further into action & adventure

When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a truck, his story doesn't end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudy will seize every opportunity to live the life he's always wanted. Armed with new friends, some freshly acquired magical abilities, and the courage to do the things he's always dreamed of, he's embarking on an epic adventure—with all of his past experience intact!

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given
2019 · 1 season · Fuji TV
8.2animation · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on animation

Ritsuka’s lost his spark for music—until he hears Mafuyu sing. One voice pulls him back in, and suddenly, everything starts to change between them.

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Outlander
2014–2026 · 8 seasons · STARZ
8.3drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Dreamlike sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

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DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
2021–2023 · 2 seasons · Tokyo MX
7.1animation · comedy · drama

Romantic animation, and it commits to that

"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes Senpai is "Nagatoro!" She's annoying yet adorable. It's painful, but you still want to be by her side. This is a story about an extremely sadistic and temperamental girl and you'll feel something awaken inside of you.

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Extraordinary Attorney Woo
2022 · 1 season · ENA
8.6drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.

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Violet Evergarden
2018 · 1 season · Tokyo MX
8.4animation · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Sci-fi & fantasy with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.

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A Discovery of Witches
2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One
7.8sci-fi & fantasy · drama

Drama with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

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Horimiya
2021 · 1 season · Gunma TV
8animation · comedy · drama

Same instincts, 5 years apart

A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they've never shown. Could this blossom into something new?

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